Brewdog Coffee Corner

NOW OPENING SATURDAYS AT 7:00AM!!!!

This is Viroqua's best kept secret.  This cozy coffee corner inside Bluedog Cycles offers excellent customer service. Serves Locally Roasted Kickapoo Coffee and a variety of yummy baked goods all locally made. We are a full service Coffee Bar with Fresh Brewed Coffee, Espressos, Lattes, Cappucinos.  Whatever your coffee needs, we are the stop for you.
With Summertime around the corner we have Iced Coffee and Lattes. We also have Organic lemonade, Italian sodas, Italian Cream Sodas, and yummy Naked smoothies.

CAMP BLUEDOG...A Midwest Mountain Bike Experience!

The dates are set and we are getting the trails ready for the riding event of the summer!                 
That's right it's the 6th annual Camp Bluedog.  Located at Sugar Creek Bible Camp. Camp Bluedog is a weekend long Mountain Bike Camp designed to offer young people a positive and fun way to get involved in mountain biking.  The program is intended for kids 8-18, however, a select day camp is designed for 6-8 year olds.  This camp will offer riders a fun and educational mountain bike program, while rallying around the positive culture of trail riding and outdoor recreation.
In addition to mountain biking we have other activities, such as trail building, basic trail safety and awareness, swiming, canoeing, campfires and loads of summer camp fun.
We are staffed with certified staff with years of mountain bike experience and trail care knowledge.
Camp Bluedog is July 13 - 15, 2012 ($220.00) and Day Camp is Saturday July 14, 2012 ($110.00)
  Register by May 31, 2012 for early bird tuition break.

Spring is here and the Ride is on!

If you haven't been out spinning your wheels yet this Spring you are missing out!
There is an abundance of riding opportunity for all cyclists. Stop by the shop so we can get you rolling.
We have seem smiling faces on riders from young to old, from road to mountain, the commuter to the family rides.   Last week we kicked off the event season with the Viroqua Community Bike ride.  We had over 150 riders come and join in our fun. Many thanks to all our local sponsors that help make that event such a grand success. Now is the time to get ready and ride. We hope to see you soon!

Getting geared up for winter and Christmas

The snow is falling (lightly) and Christmas is creeping up on us all. At the shop we have been getting all the great winter stuff out and we are seeing the early Christmas shoppers already. This season we are selling and renting Rossignol Skis so you can get you and yours out there on some of the fantastic groomed trails in the area or break your own trail on your favorite chunk of "private". We are also selling and renting Snowshoes to go explore the beautiful corners af Vernon County. And what better to wear while doing those things but Ibex wool clothes. We can outfit you in comfy, warm, wool, from head to toe.
Stop in, beat the rush, and pick up some winter gear for you and your favorite outdoor loving friend.

They're Hunting in them Woods!!

We just wanted to throw a reminder out there to all of our friends and trail users. Deer hunting is happening right now in a lot of our favorite woods. There are some fun places we can still safely play, like Hubbard Hills where there is NO HUNTING. But if you must go out in the battlefield please be very careful. Wear your brightest, most obnoxious colors, and pay attention.
Best of luck to all you hunters.

                            Our boy Eric W. slayin' it on the Pug

P.U.K.E. is Cancelled!!

The trails at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve are closed due to snow cover and wet conditions. We will reschedule in 2012.

P.U.K.E. at the Reserve this Weekend!!

Hey y'all,

If'n you're reading this, we'll bet it's because you're fun to be with, like to ride bikes through the woods, and perfectly capable of p.u.k.e.ing all over the Kickapoo Valley Reserve this Sunday.

History- For years the core group of trail builders and riders in the area have talked about getting together for a big, big ride at the Reserve. One where we would start at the southern trailhead (maintenance building off Seelyburg Rd. in La Farge) and riding trail all the way up to the northern most edge of it all (Hay Valley Road) and back!

Current- It's a go! With the Reserve closing their trails on the 15th, and the Packers not playing till Monday night, we decided it's on this weekend.

Details- We will be meeting at the maintenance building just off Seelyburg Road at 10am on Sunday the 13th. Important, this is NOT the same as the Visitor Center. I'm attaching a map for y'all who aren't sure where this is going down. You will need a trail pass if you don't have one (per the KVR rules) and day passes can be purchased right at the trail at a "self registration" box. We may stop at the Rockton Bar for some vittles along the way so cash is king, bring some. There are 20-something spring fed wells along the way that pour great water but it is "untested" so if you don't trust mother earth, bring lots of water to keep you alive. Bring some food too. The forecast is lookin' good but it is November so think smart about your clothes.

The Route- The plan is to hit a variety of trails and head from far south to far north and back! This is a BIG ride. Stats for those who dig that kind of shit are- 30ish miles and 3000+ feet of climbing. But the beauty of this ride is all the "bail outs" that present themselves. There are several ways of shortening this ride if you don't have the juice or you need to get home to do your nails. On that note it wouldn't hurt to print and bring the attached map so you don't end up spending the night alone in the Reserve in the cold with nothing but hungry wolverines.

If you think you might be jumping train midway through, we will be rippin' through Rockton between 11:30 and 12:00.

Rain Date Stuff- There's a crew that is going to show up no matter what IF the Reserve has the trails "open" on the web page (link below). But if ya just don't know what to do, check back here on gameday for the scoop.

So start stretching, checking your steed over, and saying your goodbyes to the loved ones, cuz' on Sunday we're gonna p.u.k.e. all day.

Oh yeah- for those who don't know how much we love acronyms, it's a

Pedaling  Up the Kickapoo Epic

http://kvr.state.wi.us/